Celestial show gears up as eclipse nears Pacific coast
News recounts a 1200 year longest total eclipse on June 8 lasting seven minutes four seconds. Astronomers led by Dr John L Stewart and James Stokley race to mid Pacific and Peru coast points while a missing ship Sarah Ann sparks hope for timing accuracy.
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New York
Sarah Ann
mid-Pacific
Sarato
Charles H. Smiley
San Francisco
Peru
John L. Stewart
Prince
James Stokeley
Frank Institute
Philadelphia
Expedition Seeks Total Eclipse From Canton Island to Peru
Three astronomical expeditions led by Hayden Planetarium American Museum of Natural History Grace Line Brown University and a Japanese party aim to observe the eclipse from Canton Island in the Pacific and the Peruvian coast. They expect favorable skies at 8 04 a m on Canton and plan to study the corona atmosphere and sun make up to better understand stellar origins and radio activity.
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Equator
Fiji Islands
Pacific Ocean
Peru
Canton Island
South Pacific
National Geographic Society
U. S. Navy
Peruvian
Hayden Planetarium
American Museum of Natural History
Grace Line
Brown University
United States
California
Florida
Eureka
Calif
Reno
Nev
Amarillo
Texas
Shreveport
Louisiana
Biloxi
Mississippi
Tampa
Palm Beach
Earth
Rosicrucian Plan Modern Pyramid In American 1937
An Egyptian style Rosicrucian pyramid is planned in the United States for 1937 by AMORC. The building will be windowless with a subterranean entrance and interior chambers indicating degrees of student advancement. Hall of Illumination and Hall of Domination will house scientific displays and learning aids.
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America
Ceeps
Augustus Taylor
Keystone
Amorc Rosicrucian Representive
Philosophical Order
San Jose
California
Gizah
Canada
Cheops Pyramid
H. Spencer Lewis
Order
Cairo
Fifth annual Virginia Division C of C convention at Narrows
Narrows Virginia June 5 The fifth annual convention of Virginia Division of Confederacy will be held at Narrows Methodist church June 9 and 10 with Miss Margaret Bane leader Miss Sarah Thrasher chief of C C and C and Mrs Bernard Ma first vice president. Presentations include the Virginia division C of C and Miss Marion Drewy reports of officers and committees and a pageant The Women of the Confederacy with music and a reception at the home of Mr and Mrs H M Kingrea Also notes of P T A meeting and numerous local personal notices.
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Narrows
Convention of Virginia Division of Confederacy
Narrows Methodist Church
Argaret Mabel Bane
Sarah Thrasherag
Vaia Division
C. of
Aret Shelton
Marion Drewe
Virginia
Aynege Drewe
Women of the Confederacy
Sarah Thrasher
H. M. Kingrea
United States
B. Brown
Pearisburg
Jean Ivery
Marion Drewy
F. Williams
Charlotte Ann Hale
Co. F. Williams
Edna Smith
Velma Jean Wilburn
Mary Gray Brown
Harold Hale
J. Frank Heslip
G. L. Beamer
Cladus Ruth Stafford
Rowena Woods
Margaret Beamer
Marion Bowen
LaVerne Kingrea
Alma Woodson
Sara
Rain Ends Drought in Tip Top Area
A heavy rain storm Wednesday evening broke several weeks of drought in Tip Top Virginia. No crop damage is reported and the rainfall brings relief to the vegetation.
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Tip Top
Saunders Daughter Marries Whitter of Charleston
Mr and Mrs William G Saunders announce the marriage of their daughter Dorothy to Mr J M Whitter of Charleston West Virginia The wedding was solemnized on a date not fully shown in the readable text
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South
William G. Saunders
Virginias
West Virginian
Union Carbide Company
Charleston
Dorothy
J. M. Whitter
W. Va
Tip Top Personalities and Local Visits
Joe Cuberston visited Coe burn this week. Frank Snell and family of Bluefield spent Sunday here. Steve Mathena visited Nemours for several days. P Bowman stayed a week with relatives at Horsepen. Mrs T W Poole and Martha went to Bluefield on Friday. Nannie Hess and children left Friday for Cincinnati for a several weeks visit. Noah Mathena ill at home. The centigrade thermometer is widely used for science with zero at freezing and 100 at boiling.
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Joe Cuberston
Coeburn
Frank Snell
Bluefield
Steve Mathena
Nemours
P. Bowman
Horsepen
T. W. Poole
Martha
Priy
Nannie Hess
Priday
Cincinnati
Noah Mathena
Dry ice cools desert travelers on Mojave roads
In Death Valley Junction California on June 5 auto travelers use dry ice from Mojave wells to chill air for cars. Shipped to Los Angeles and other places it is compressed to 275 tons per square inch. The sign Cars Iced appears at desert filling stations as windows close and temps plunge 114 degrees below zero.
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Death Valley Junction
Calif
Mojave
Los Angeles
Flush kidneys with Medal Haarlem capsules for relief
Warns readers that night time bathroom visits and backache signal kidney and bladder strain. Promotes Gold Medal Haarlem capsules as a diuretic to flush waste and uric acid, claiming rapid relief and health benefits, with emphasis on authenticity from Haarlem in Holland.
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Dladder
Haarlem
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New York City
Wilcoe, W. Va
Federal
Deral Schools, Inc
Federal Schools Bldg
Minneapolis
Minn
Leonard
Shumate Radio Service
Narrows, VA
National Congress
C. P. McCloy
H. C. Johnson
Fredericksburg
Peck McClay
Charles A. Ivery
Edward Heslop
Concord State Teachers’ College
Alda Carr
Brooke Johnson
Emory and Henry
Henry Pruett
E. B. Pruett
Oteen
R. W. Steele
A. A Adair
Danville
Averett College
Ellen Adair
Walter Nipper
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Cleveland, Ohio
Leonard Electric
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